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In The Garden Of Good Living - January 2009: The Winter Gardener
by Pat Hendrickson
We don’t have to just dream about gardening in the spring. According to professional gardener Pat Hendrickson January is a good time to do a number of things.
by Pat Hendrickson
Gardener's Tips
- Clean up and sharpen your tools – spray with water and dry thoroughly, oil moving parts, sharpen pruners, blades and shovels.
- Compost all winter long to have nice soil in the Spring – Dig a trench for winter composting and then use the trench to plant in the Spring with a favorite vegetable crop.
- Plant bulbs - if the ground is not frozen, it’s not too late to plant most kinds of bulbs.
- Order seeds for starting in February and bulbs for the Spring
- Provide water and food for birds.
Read about winter feeding at Wild Birds Unlimited:
http://www.wbu.com/education/winterbirdfeeding.html - Build bird boxes
Get free plans at Shaw Creek Bird Supply:
http://www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com/nest_box_plans.htm
When ordering keep in mind these plants if you’d like to add winter interest to your garden:
* Christmas Fern polystichum acrostichoides
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/hardyferns/polystichum_acrostichoides.html
* American Wintergreen gaultheria procumbens
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/groundcover/gaultheria_procumbens.html
* Green and Gold chrysogonum virginianum
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/groundcover/chrysogonum_virginianum.html
* Winterberry Holly ilex verticillata
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/ilex_verticillata.html
Hellebore helleborus orientalis
http://www.floridata.com/ref/H/hellebor.cfm
*Species native to the Mid Atlantic region.
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